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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From Job to Styron's day, he says artists and writers have been trying to do what?
(a) Cheer up people who suffer from depression with their works.
(b) Explain the blackness of the fantasia of depression.
(c) Overcome the effects of depression that overcome artists.
(d) Build better relationships to overcome depression.

2. What is Styron's reaction to being admitted to the hospital?
(a) He is afraid his wife will leave him.
(b) He is depressed about it.
(c) He is afraid his friends will desert him.
(d) He feels safe for the first time since he became depressed.

3. According to Styron, what would be the only answer if depression was incurable?
(a) Long term hospitalization.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Total care by a loved one.
(d) A life of horror.

4. What does Styron do to try and stop the hopeless feelings?
(a) Get his doctor to give him more medicine.
(b) Take long walks in the woods.
(c) Drink huge amounts of alcohol.
(d) Clung to familiar items like glasses and pens.

5. What events led to Abraham Lincoln suffering depression and even attempting suicide?
(a) His wife's infidelity.
(b) Slavery in the South.
(c) The death of his mother when he was 9 and his sister 10 years later.
(d) The Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does he throw his diary in the garbage instead of burning it?

2. What is a probable reason that Styron's doctor or family don't suggest hospitalization for him?

3. What conclusion can we make for what Styron says about his recovery?

4. To what does Styron compare medical treatment for depression?

5. As horrible as this hallucination is, what does Styron say about Bergman, who wrote the script?

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